NEW DISTRIBUTIONAL RECORD OF Mymar taprobanicum Ward, 1875 (HYMENOPTERA: MYMARIDAE) FROM MALAYSIAN BORNEO

Abstract

Knowledge of the microhymenopteran fauna of the Chalcidoid
family, Mymaridae of Malaysia is very limited. This report
provides a new distributional record of Mymar taprobanicum
Ward, 1875, from Sarawak, East Malaysian Borneo. Four male
specimens were collected through yellow pan traps in a
residential area in Kuching in December 2016. Although widely
known as an important parasitoid of rice pests, this species has
never been reported from East Malaysian Borneo prior to this
report.